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Simona Halep #1 def. Karolina Pliskova #6

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Simona Halep
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Karolina Pliskova

Stat	Simona Halep	Karolina Pliskova
Aces	0	2
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	63	66
First serve points won %	76	55
Second serve points won %	45	32
Break points saved %	75	50
Break points converted %	50	25
Service points won %	65	47
Return points won %	53	35
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Simona Halep	Karolina Pliskova
Country	ROU	CZE
Birth date	Sep 27, 1991	Mar 21, 1992
Age	26	25
Height	168	186
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	6
Ranking points (entering)	6,425	5,445
Elo (entering)	2,010	1,965
Career W-L	446–197	421–241
Career earnings	$40,236,618	$26,944,237

Pre-match H2H

Simona Halep 4 – 0 Karolina Pliskova

Path

Simona Halep's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2018	R16	Naomi Osaka	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Lauren Davis	4-6 6-4 15-13	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Eugenie Bouchard	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Destanee Aiava	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Simona Halep's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2018	SF	Angelique Kerber	6-3 4-6 9-7	W	H2H	Match data

Karolina Pliskova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2018	R16	Barbora Strycova	6-7(5) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Lucie Safarova	7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Beatriz Haddad Maia	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Veronica Cepede Royg	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data